Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us

Las Vegas-Clark County Librarian/author Jen Nails chats with authors, actors, comedians and librarians about why certain books from growing up made such a splash in their lives!

Look for Season Three, out in late November, 2025, featuring local Las Vegas students Dara and Lyra, author Ken Lamug (National Book Festival Selection), author Willy Vlautin (Nevada Writers Hall of Fame), journalist Jane Borden (Carnegie Medal longlist), author Yamile Saied Méndez (Pura Belpré Award Winner), librarian Desmond London (Whitney Library, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District), author/illustrator Daria Peoples (Golden Kite Award Winner), and comedian Kurt Braunohler (Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon).

Season Two launched May 15, 2025, and features actor Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere), author Kathy Erskine (National Book Award winner), memoirist Mark Ciccone (Obelisk Odyssey), book store owners Charlie and Rachelle Luster (Analog Dope book store), storyteller Dr. Micaela Blei (You Will Not Recognize Your Life) and Las Vegas library professionals Ms, China (the ultimate Community Auntie) and Billy Allen (Queer Eye).

Season One launched December 21, 2024 and features actors John Ross Bowie (Big Bang Theory), Negin Farsad (The Musl...

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Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us

Episodes

"The Relaxation That You Look For," Braunohler reclines into the world of Vonnegut with Sirens of Titan (1959).

"Eventually We Will Open Them," under the gaze of her educator mom, Daria Peoples discovers Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston, 1937).

"I've Always Been an Advocate," Desmond London raises his voice after re-reading Makes Me Wanna Holler (Nathan McCall, 1994).

"The Fool's Card," Yamile Saied Méndez's Heidi tattoo! (Johanna Spyri, 1881)

"What Else Don't I Know?" Jane Borden humbles herself after college with Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser, 2001).

"A Safe Place to Hide Out," Willy Vlautin takes cover inside the pages of Cannery Row (John Steinbeck, 1945).

"Something Sings in that Silence," Ken Lamug colors in the framework for creating graphic novels with The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943).

"Two-headed Snakes and Legless Lizards," Lyra and Dara school Jen in reptilian anomalies (and other stuff!).

"Pulling Down the Journals," Micaela Blei reaches for the past to decode the present with Arcadia (Tom Stoppard, 1993).

"I Wanted to Be a Cartoon Character," Billy Allen animates his journey from nursing major to library school, starting with Lean Mean Urkell Machine (Bonnie Worth, 1992).